Abule Egba is a neighborhood in

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 fo ...

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. Abule egba are under Alimosho LGA of Lagos. The neighborhood was the site of a

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pipeline explosion, the

2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion The 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion is a disaster that occurred in the heavily populated neighborhood of Abule Egba in Lagos, Nigeria, on 26 December 2006, killing hundreds of people. There were originally believed to be around 500 deaths, but ...

, which occurred on December 26, 2006. In 2016, the Lagos Government began construction of a flyover in the neighbourhood to ease the traffic caused by millions of persons plying its road on a daily basis. The bridge was completed and commissioned in May, 2017.

Gallery

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References

Neighborhoods of Lagos {{LagosNG-geo-stub